Downloadable Content
Downloadable Content is a general gaming podcast made by everyday gamers for gamers, whether you're a hardcore gamer or a casual one, or whether you've been playing for decades or days. Hosts Brian French and Ron Goldie invite anyone to join in to discuss and debate topics relevant to video games and the gaming industry at large. Want to participate? Check out our website at dlcpodcast dot com and check out upcoming recordings. NOTE: we are in no way affiliated with Penny Arcade's podcast of the same title. Updates occasionally.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Episodes
- 151
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode S9E3: For Inclusivity's Sake
Five years ago, we did some episodes talking about where the video game industry was regarding inclusivity and representation of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, etc. On this episode, we c…
Tue 09 Apr 2019
Episode S9E2: Playing In The (Game) Stream
More and more companies are going the way of digital distribution only, and some companies are getting into business models where you can stream a video game, removing the idea of ownership completel…
Wed 20 Feb 2019
Episode S9E1: A Broil, A Brawl, A Melee
From its humble beginnings on the Nintendo 64, this madcap insanity we know as Super Smash Bros. has kept us gleefully entertained, with something for just about everybody, whether you're a casual pl…
Thu 07 Feb 2019
Episode S8E17: Free Play
On the final episode of our 8th season of DLC, it's our third and final Free Play episode. This open discussion has us talking a variety of things: what games we're playing, VR games, recommendations…
Mon 31 Dec 2018
Episode S8E16: Working For A Narrative
When a developer creates a game and decides to take a multimedia approach to the game's narrative, what does that do for the player's experience? If a player has to go beyond the game in order to ful…
Tue 25 Dec 2018
Episode S8E15: Ye Shall Be As Gods
Squaresoft director Tetsuya Takahashi began writing a scenario for a game that was to begin development. Finding it too dark to be a Final Fantasy title, it became Xenogears. Several years of plannin…
Wed 05 Dec 2018
Episode S8E14: The Art of the Speedrun
What makes speedrunners tick? These gamers devote countless hours to their craft: completing a game so quickly and so thoroughly that it boggles the mind. Whether for fun, for charity, or both, speed…
Mon 19 Nov 2018
Episode S8E13: The 20th Ocarina
November 1998 saw the release of the 5th major installment in the Legend of Zelda series: Ocarina of Time. It proved to be a groundbreaking entry in the franchise, and is widely considered one of the…
Thu 01 Nov 2018
Episode S8E12: The Shadow Moses Incident
It's the 3rd official entry in the Metal Gear canon, but in 1998, Konami released Metal Gear Solid on the PS1 to universal acclaim. Widely considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time…
Tue 16 Oct 2018
Episode S8E11: Rendered Obsolete
With Nintendo's current crusade against ROM-hosting websites, now seems a good time to talk about forced and planned obsolescence in video games. What happens when developers pull the plug on a game …
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Episode S8E10: The Powerhouse of the Cell
With Resident Evil 2 bursting onto the scene in January 1998, survival horror became firmly established on the PlayStation. Not to be outdone, Square created a game that blended the styles of RPGs, a…
Tue 24 Jul 2018
Episode S8E9C: E3 2018, Part 3
In our 3rd and final part of our E3 2018 recap, we cover the highlights and game announcements from the PC Gaming Show, Sony, and Nintendo. Ep S8E9C
Fri 22 Jun 2018
Episode S8E9B: E3 2018, Part 2
In Part 2 of our E3 2018 recap, we cover the highlights and game announcements from Square Enix, Limited Run Games, and Ubisoft. Ep S8E9B
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Episode S8E9A: E3 2018, Part 1
E3 has wrapped up and there is a lot to digest. Lots of press conferences, lots of announcements of games, and lots of emotion. What stood out? What are we looking forward to? Who do we shit all over…
Wed 20 Jun 2018
Episode S8E8: Free Play
On the second Free Play of the year, we talk about some pre-E3 news, some games we're currently playing, talk about Nintendo a little bit, and plenty more in this open-discussion format episode. Ep S…
Wed 06 Jun 2018
Episode S8E7: Mega Man 11 and Other Capcom Droppings
It's been 8 years since the last numbered Mega Man game; for its 30-year anniversary of the franchise, they announced Mega Man 11. On this episode, we prognosticate and speculate about it, and talk a…
Wed 23 May 2018
Episode S8E6: PAX East 2018
This year's incarnation of PAX East 2018 in Boston, MA, had to be expanded to 4 days because 3 just wasn't cutting it anymore. Joined by some of the fine folks at Sprites and Dice, we give our though…
Wed 18 Apr 2018
Episode S8E5: Free Play
On the first of our Free Play episodes this year, Tanya makes her first appearance in over a year, joining our great big panel to take part in discussion of a wide range of topics: Chrono Trigger on …
Tue 03 Apr 2018
Episode S8E4: Crossplay: The Next Frontier?
What if we all could play our entire personal libraries of games on a single device, and no longer need to shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars on separate consoles or a PC build? Or, at the ve…
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Episode S8E3: Pay to Play 2.0
We look back on a topic we discussed back in Season 1, looking once again at the idea of pay-to-play in video games now in light of the lootbox mess games like Star Wars Battlefront 2 have wrought, w…
Wed 07 Mar 2018
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